Stats: Imad Waseem's figures best for a Pakistan left-armer in T20s, Pakistan's perfect record against Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe collapsed to a 13-run defeat on a slow and turning Harare pitch in the 1st T20I, Imran Khan Jr. bowling six slower deliveries in the last over to deny the hosts a remarkable victory.
Earlier, batting first, the Pakistan team had been pegged back by triple strikes from Chamu Chibhabha (3/18), but recovered in the middle overs on strength of Shoaib Malik’s 24-ball 35 and a late partnership between Mohammad Rizwan (33 off 32 balls) and Imad Wasim (19 off 12 balls).
4-11 Imad Waseem's figures in today's match- his personal best in 3 matches he played so far, and joint 4th best for a Pakistani bowler sharing it with Shahid Afridi's 4-11 vs Netherlands in World Cup T20 2009.
1- number of instance prior to today when a Pakistani bowler took 4 or more wickets in a T20 International Match played after 1st January 2013. 4 years Prior to that date (2009-12), there were 11 such instances for Pakistani bowlers.
33- runs scored by Muhammad Rizwan in today's game, highest for a Pakistani wicket-keeper against Zimbabwe in a T20I game going past Umar Akmal's 28.
993- runs Hamilton Masakadza has made in T20 Internationals- most for a Zimbabwean batsman with Brendon Taylor on 2nd spot with 594 career runs for Zimbabwe.
5- number of consecutive wins for Pakistan in T20 Internationals- starting off with 2 wins against Zimbabwe, continuing it with 2 wins in Sri Lanka and now again against Zimbabwe.
31- runs put on by Chigumbura and Utseya for the 9th wicket- highest 9th Wicket for Zimbabwe in T20Is and highest for any team against Pakistan. Zimbabwe's previous best 9th wicket partnership was 16. Overall it is the 12th instance when 30 plus runs were accumulated for 9th wicket in 454 T20Is played so far.
3- instances prior to today when a left arm spinner returned better figures in a T20I than Imad's 4-11 in this match. Rangana Herath's 5-3 are best for a left arm spinner in T20Is which came against New Zealand in World Cup T20 2014 semi-final game.
0- number of instances prior to today's game, when a Pakistani left-arm bowler took 4 or more wickets in a T20I match. Imad Wasim took 4 wickets today for 11 runs. Previous best for a Pakistani left-armer was Fawad Alam's 3-11 which also came against Zimbabwe in 2008.
27- number of matches now, in which Pakistan defended a target of 150 or lesser runs in a T20I game- most for any team with South Africa (24) and Australia (21) on 2nd and 3rd spot.
0- number of T20I matches lost by Pakistan against Zimbabwe. Pakistan has now played 8 T20I games against Zimbabwe and won all. Among teams against which Pakistan have played more than 1 T20I matches, Zimbabwe is the only team against which they have never lost.
8- number of matches Pakistan have won against Zimbabwe- 2nd most for Pakistan against any team after Sri Lanka's 9. Pakistan have won 7 matches against Bangladesh, Australia and New Zealand.
33- number of instances when Pakistan have scored less than 137 in a T20I match irrespective of batting first or second- which is now the most for any team. They went past South Africa's 32 with their 136 today.
15- number of T20I matches for Pakistan when they have scored 136 or less batting first- joint most for any team. South Africa shares the top spot with Pakistan with an equal 15 instances of scoring lesser than 137 in 1st innings.
85 international matches prior to today's game Zimbabwe had played against Pakistan; today was their 76th Intl game against Pakistan-2nd most for them against any nation after 81 games against Bangladesh. By the end of this tour, Pakistan would be only 1 short of Bangladesh.
8- number of T20I matches Zimbabwe has played against Pakistan, which is by far the most they have played against any nation. Bangladesh comes after Pakistan with 6 matches.
2- instances prior to this match when a bowler has taken 4 wickets in a T20I game in Zimbabwe. Imad Wasim became the 3rd player to do so, with Shakib ul Hassan and Muhammad Hafeez the other two players. Imad's 4-11 are 5th best figures for any bowler and 2nd best for a left-arm bowler against Zimbabwe.